Dripless spout for pouring vessels of ceramic material



Sept. 27, 1932. c. ACHTZIGER DRIPLESS SPOUT FOR POURING VESSELS 0F CERAMIC MATERIAL Filed July 23. 1931 Patented Sept. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE CHRISTOPH AGHTZIGER, OF WEIDEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM PORZEL-LAN- FABRIK WEIDEN GEBR. IBA'USCHER, F WEIDEN, GERMANY nnIrLnss SPOUT r03. rename vnssnnsor CERAMIC MATERIAL Application filed July 23, 1931,

My invention relates to a dripless spout for pouring vessels of china or other material, the spout being bent like an eagles beak and, at its interior, provided with a channel for the purpose of causing, apparently by surface tension, the drop remained at the pouring edge, to be sucked back into the spout.

According to my invention, the channel near the pouring edge extends to a hole,

which opens at the deepest point of the bending of the spout. By means of this hole, and surface tension, the drop hanging at the beak of the spout, is drawn through the wall of the spout into the channel and thus brought back into the interior of the spout. By this con trivance, as many tests have proved, I effectually prevent objectionable dripping from the spout. The drawing illustrates two u forms of my invention. Figs. 1 and 2 show a spout for larger vessels, Figs. 3 and 4 a spout for smaller vessels. Figs 1 and 3 are vertical sections, Figs. 2 and 4 are views from above. I

At the inner surface of the spout a a channel 0 is placed in .such a way that, near the pouring edge, it extends to a hole d, which opens at the deepest point of the mouth of the spout bent like an eaglesbeak. The drop :10 -flows out of the mouth of the spout and remains hanging at the deepest point of the bend b. There it arrives at the opening of the hole (1 and, apparently by surface tension, is sucked into the channel a, to be led back through this into the vessel, when the latter is upright.

The hole d inclines from the deepest point of the beak to the channel 0. Such obliquity has the efiect that the drop is drawn in as 1 soon as the vessel is brought back to vertical position from the sloping or inclined position, which it takes by the pouring out of the fluid, again to the vertical position. A leaning back of the vessel to the side of the'han- 5 dle is not necessary.

Serial No. 552,747, and in Germany January 19, 1931'.

Having now described my invention, I declare that what I claim is: 1-

' 1. A spout for pouring vessels substantially in the form of an eagles beak, having a channel in its inner surface, and a hole extending from the channel through the Wall of the spout and opening at the deepest point of the beak.

2. A spout as claimed in claim 1 in which the hole from the deepest point of the beak extends obliquely to the channel.

CHRISTOPH ACHTZIGER. 

